Worst Locations Post-SHTF

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Seems to me, the worst thing one could do post SHTF would be either heading to the panic stricken mass of bodies which will be the local super Walmart... or to get on the interstate which will undoubtedly just be a gridlocked route full of desperate impatient people.

I was thinking of this earlier, and it adds all the more reason to just stay put, should something happen.

"Fixed fortresses are a monument to the stupidity of man." - Gen GS Patton.

Nothing wrong with prepping, but there is a point where you WILL be forced by some circumstance to vacate your permanent dwelling. For the suburbanites that are stockpiling years of food, you better have a bug out plan! History does not support the bug in plan... refugees are the norm in any conflict.

What amazes me is that people come here and ask questions as they did. I often wonder; 'Do they live their daily life like this?' Do, they use the term like SHTF as if there is only one? I can not see such people as good preppers. Good preppers pay attention to the details.

Lets say, widespread natural disaster. Large earthquake for example. Something which would hinder routes of transport, electricity, and supply chains for hundreds of miles.

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That is the WHAT, how about the:
-WHEN (winter,summer, etc),
-WHERE (NYC, Key West Fl, Nome AK, ?),
-WHO (city dweller in high rise, suburban in ranch home, rural on farm, etc)
-HOW MUCH - what resources does the prepper have?

Anywhere where you are tired, cold, hungry, distracted, in danger, sick, without a companion(s), thirsty, unfamiliar with the area, a prisoner or where people are unfriendly. That about covers it.

OP - one size does not fit all.

You can probably guess what most people are going to do -
1. run home;
2. run to school to pick up the kids;
3. hit the liquor store/drug store;
4. hit the grocery store;
5. join the congestion on the freeway.
6. get weak within a couple of days from a lack of water or food;
7. start fires that quickly get out of control (fire doesn't discriminate between urban structures and the dear, safe woods, wheatfields, or cabins under pine trees.)
8. get sick from bad water.

So long as you:

1. have the ability to go to ground in place for a few days;
2. anticipate how you will deal with fire at home (roofline sprinklers, dispose of trash, cut trees overhanging roofs);
3. have water and a way to clean water;
4. have companions;
5. have plans;
6. have basic life necessities for you;
7. have a modicum of food;
8. and a means of backup transportation like a bike,
you have dealt with shtf.

Every football game is tied at the kick off. So is survival when shtf. The person who has skills, physical health, mental conditioning and some equipment will be up the food chain and the survival chain.

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